[vc_row inner_container=”true” no_margin=”true” padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”50px” border=”none” parallax=”true” bg_pattern=”169″][vc_column fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][responsive_text compression=”1.0″ selector=”.h-responsive” min_size=”20″ max_size=”45″][custom_headline type=”center” level=”h1″ looks_like=”h2″ class=”h-responsive”]
Welcome to Swimming Matters…
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If Swimming Matters… to you, or you want it to matter to you – you’re in the right place!
[/text_output][line][vc_single_image image=”3583″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row inner_container=”true” no_margin=”true” padding_top=”10″ padding_bottom=”10″ border=”none”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]Put simply, we’ve been helping adults in Manchester successfully achieve their swimming goals since 2009!
Over this time we’ve evolved and developed our how we do this. We offer a variety services to help you get the most from your swimming. These include pool sessions, open water sessions, 1-2-1s, group and Swim Smooth sessions.
We’ve helped hundreds of swimmers and from experience we know that everyone is different and the same is true with our swimming; we all have different reasons why ‘Swimming Matters’ to us, different starting points and different aims. Our company motto is ‘think differently’ and this is reflected with our bespoke approach to your swimming.
To make it easier for you to find out more about what we can do for you, we’ve loosely grouped them into 5 main categories:
- Learn to swim
- Fitness
- Health
- Performance
- Open Water (May to September)
Perhaps you might recognise yourself? Perhaps you have a new ‘Swimming Matter’ for us? Or it maybe you want to show a friend, family member or colleague how much ‘Swimming Matters’and we have customisable gift vouchers available for you to do that.
Or if you know what you’re looking for, head over to our Services menuto see how we can support you with your‘Swimming Matter’[/text_output][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row inner_container=”true” no_margin=”true” padding_top=”10″ padding_bottom=”10″ border=”none” bg_color=”#8fbac9″ bg_video=”” class=”” style=””][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/4″][image type=”none” float=”none” link=”true” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” src=”446″ href=”https://www.swimmingmatters.co.uk/learntoswim” alt=”Swimmer with an L plate on their swimming hat” title=”Click here to learn to swim” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”3/4″][text_output]
Learn to swim
Click on this sectionif you are new to swimming, nervous about swimming or feel like you can’t swim.
Rest assured, you are not alone, 20% of adults in the UK describe themselves as not being able to swim (source Swim England).[/text_output][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row inner_container=”true” no_margin=”true” padding_top=”10″ padding_bottom=”10″ border=”none”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/4″][image type=”none” float=”none” link=”true” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” src=”288″ href=”https://www.swimmingmatters.co.uk/Health” alt=”Stylised red heart representing health section” title=”Click here to enjoy swimming for health” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”3/4″][text_output]
Health
Click on this section if you are interested in learning or improving your swimming to help you stay healthy or to help manage a health condition. Your medical professional may have recommended that swimming is the best exercise for you and you’re after some help to make the most of your time in the pool.[/text_output][image type=”none” float=”right” link=”true” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” src=”146″ href=”http://www.backcare.org.uk” alt=”Back Care logo” title=”Professional members of Backcare, the charity for back and neck pain” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row inner_container=”true” no_margin=”true” padding_top=”10″ padding_bottom=”10″ border=”none” bg_color=”#8fbac9″][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/4″][image type=”none” float=”none” link=”true” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” src=”291″ href=”https://www.swimmingmatters.co.uk/Fitness” alt=”Torso of a person with an ECG trace over the top” title=”Click here to improve your swimming fitness” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”3/4″][text_output]
Fitness
Click on this section if you are looking at improving your swimming to be able to include it as part of your fitness routine. Be that for swimming regularly in the pool, to challenge yourself to open water swims e.g. the Great Swim Series, to tackle a triathlon or a career specific fitness test. It may also be that you’re an aspiring performance swimmer.[/text_output][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row inner_container=”true” no_margin=”true” padding_top=”10″ padding_bottom=”10″ border=”none”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/4″][image type=”none” float=”none” link=”true” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” src=”289″ href=”https://www.swimmingmatters.co.uk/Performance” alt=”A yellow stop watch to represent performance” title=”click here to Improve your swimming performance” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”3/4″][text_output]
Performance
Click on this section if you already have a high level of skill and who want to make refinements to their technique. Be that for faster triathlons, 70.3, Ironman triathlons, open water swims, or even the English Channel.[/text_output][image type=”none” float=”right” link=”true” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” src=”1905″ href=”http://www.swimsmooth.com/certifiedcoaches.html?badge=1″ alt=”Swim Smooth Certified Coach logo” title=”Manchester’s only Swim Smooth Certified Coach” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row inner_container=”true” no_margin=”true” padding_top=”10″ padding_bottom=”10″ bg_video=”” class=”” style=”” bg_color=”#8fbac9″][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/4″][image link=”true” src=”1173″ alt=”Swimming around a buoy in open water” href=”https://www.swimmingmatters.co.uk/open-water-swimming-salford-watersports-centre/” title=”Click here for Open water swimming” info_content=”” lightbox_caption=”” id=”” class=”” style=””][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”3/4″][text_output]
Open Water Swimming
In 2019 we teamed up with Salford Watersports Centreat Salford Quays and we are excited to be able to offer a range of open water options for you. Whether you’re looking to enjoy the freedom swimming outdoors brings by escaping the chlorine and the black line or for an event such as the Great Swim Series or a Triathlon; we can support you with your goal. Click here for more info.
Please note these are available May-September[/text_output][/vc_column][/vc_row]